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Shepherd gate clock at the Royal Greenwich Observatory, London, England, United Kingdom (2016)
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Deutsch: Shepherd gate clock am Royal Greenwich Observatory, London, England, Vereinigtes Königreich
Русский: Лондон, Гринвич, Королевская Гринвичская обсерватория
Тоҷикӣ: Лондон, Гринвич, Расадхонаи Роял Гринвич
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| Location |  Greenwich ◁ Royal Borough of Greenwich ◁ London ◁ Greater London ◁ England ◁ United Kingdom ◁ Europe |
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| Depicts | Royal Observatory – observatory in Greenwich, London, UK | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inscription | Clock (up): SHEPHERD PATENTEE // 53 LEADENHALL ST(T) LONDON // GALVANO-MAGNETIC CLOCK
Commemorative plaque (left): The Shepherd 24-hour Gate Clock // This is one of the earliest electrically driven public clocks and was installed here in 1852. The dial always shows Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). In summer Britain converts to British Summer Time (BST), which is an hour ahead of GMT, and the clock then appears one hour 'slow'. Being 24-hour clock, the hour hand marks noon (XII) at the bottom of the dial and midnight (0) at the top. The time shown is accurate to 0.5 of a second. // The Time Ball // The red time ball on top of Flamsteed House is one of the world's first visual time signals. It was installed in 1833 (though the present one dates to 1919) to enable navigators on ships on the Thames to check their marine chronometers. The Time Ball drops daily at 1300hrs (GMT in winter, BST in summer). It is raised halfway up the mast at 1255hrs as a preparatory signal and to the top 2 minutes before it drops. Commemorative plaque (middle): Height above Mean Sea Level at Newlyn 154.70 feet.
Commemorative plaque (right): Ordnance Survey Bench Mark // The small plate (marked 'G 1692') is an Ordnance Survey bench mark. Similar marks appear on walls and buildings across the country. The height of each above sea level has been measured and recorded. Dating from the 1940s, this particular mark is a replacement for an older mark that once existed nearby. // Public Standards of Length // These British Imperial Standards were first mounted outside the Observatory main gates some time before 1866, to enable the public to check measures of length. The stated length is the distance between the inner faces of the two D-shaped studs. Gauge (down): BRITISH YARD // TWO FEET // ONE FOOT // SIX INCHES // THREE INCHES // TROUGHTON & SIMMS LONDON // O S B M G 1692
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| Date | Taken on 9 October 2016, 17:00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Keywords | Architectural element, Architecture, Architektur, Architekturelement, Bauwerk, Black, Building, Denkmal, Door, England, Gate, Gebäude, Gedenktafel, Greenwich, Großbritannien, Kultur, Kulturdenkmal, Kunst, London, Mauer, Möbel, Object, Objekt, Panorama, Panoramaaufnahme, Panoramics, Qualitätsbild, Quality image, Road, Royal Greenwich Observatory, Schild, Schutzgebiet, Schwarz, Schwarzweiß, Sculpture, Sign, Skulptur, Stadtmöbel, Straße, Straßenmöbel, Straßen und Wege, Street, Tor, Tür, Uhr, UNESCO-Welterbe, United Kingdom, Vereinigtes Königreich, Verkehr, Weiß, Welterbe, White, World Heritage Site, 1852, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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- Shepherd Gate clock
- Units of length
- Plaques in the Royal Borough of Greenwich
- British Imperial units in the United Kingdom
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- Wall mounted objects in the United Kingdom
- Plaques referencing 1852 in the United Kingdom
- English-language plaques in the United Kingdom
- Panoramics of the Royal Borough of Greenwich
- 2016 in the Royal Borough of Greenwich
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